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thierry_st_malo · 6th January 2012, 02:26 PM

This is my rendering of the light cruiser HMS "Centaur", launched in 1916 and broken up in 1934. With her sister-ship "Concord", they were the forerunners of the numerous and very successful "C" and "D" classes which appeared until the end of the war.
Also, "Centaur" was Commodore (later Admiral) Tyrwhitt's flagship, who led her with the Harwich Flotilla to numerous and fierce engagements with German destroyers out of Ostende and Zeebrugge. "Centaur" was mined in June 1918 (her bow was torn off) but rebuilt.
Finally, the ship has a very strong sentimental value for me. Ever since I bought H.M. Le Fleming's "Warships of World War 1" back in 1966 (it figures!) I have found her lines very attractive and wanted to model her. This is my third attempt at it. Only AC3D enabled me to do it (perhaps, also a slight improvement in 3D modelling and Internet research :-))!
But I have still not finished with this model.

6th January 2012, 02:26 PM	#1
thierry_st_malo Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Saint-Malo, France Posts: 148	HMS Centaur This is my rendering of the light cruiser HMS "Centaur", launched in 1916 and broken up in 1934. With her sister-ship "Concord", they were the forerunners of the numerous and very successful "C" and "D" classes which appeared until the end of the war. Also, "Centaur" was Commodore (later Admiral) Tyrwhitt's flagship, who led her with the Harwich Flotilla to numerous and fierce engagements with German destroyers out of Ostende and Zeebrugge. "Centaur" was mined in June 1918 (her bow was torn off) but rebuilt. Finally, the ship has a very strong sentimental value for me. Ever since I bought H.M. Le Fleming's "Warships of World War 1" back in 1966 (it figures!) I have found her lines very attractive and wanted to model her. This is my third attempt at it. Only AC3D enabled me to do it (perhaps, also a slight improvement in 3D modelling and Internet research :-))! But I have still not finished with this model. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by thierry_st_malo; 6th January 2012 at 02:35 PM.